Rumor Mill…
7. May 2008 by gchacko.
Jon Heyman’s latest column does a fine job analyzing Mark Teixeira’s future. To sum it up:
- Heyman’s source expects the asking price to be around ten years and $200MM. Personally, I don’t see him getting a term nearly that long.
- Heyman and his sources do not see the Braves re-signing Tex.
- The suitors, in order of likelihood: Yankees, Mets, Orioles, Mariners, Braves, Red Sox, Giants. A battle of the New York powers is a reasonable prediction - both clubs should have first base open and the market for the position is otherwise poor.
In other news:
Yankees Remain Cautious With A-Rod’s Quad - Rodriguez is eligible to come off the disabled list on May 14, but wouldn’t comment on whether or not the team will permit him to return to the field right away.
According to the Daily News, Orlando Hernandez has taken off the protective boot and has been cleared to do light throwing and jogging, “though his bunion remains.”
The Definition of Intense: KG
7. May 2008 by rich.
intense {verb}: see Kevin Garnett
Wife: A-Rod fainted at daughter’s birth
7. May 2008 by Glendo.
“The one nurse had a cold cloth on his head. The other nurse had the blood pressure on his arm. And my mother was like rubbing his back. And he is passed out on a couch. And I am there, in the middle of labor.” A-Rod’s wife discusses this and more on an up coming YES Network show “YESterdays” You can find the full article here on FOX Sports.
Good for at least a little laugh.
5 Year, $60 Million
7. May 2008 by Glendo.
According to John Delcos at the Journal News, Oliver Perez is seeking a five year $60million contract in the off-season. The Mets don’t like giving more than 5 years to players especially pitchers. Personally I don’t think Perez is worth that, not right now at least. One of the most inconsistent pitchers I have ever seen. When he is on he is almost unhittable, but when he doesn’t have it he puts up numbers like 2 1/3 IP, 7BB, 8ER. It’s going to be a tough decision for the Mets because Perez certainly has the ability to be a very good pitcher for a long time.
Then again if Gil Meche can get $55 million then someone is going to pay Oliver.
Game 1 to the C’s
7. May 2008 by rich.
Well being the Celtics fan that I am, I was biting my nails to the very end of this one folks. Both teams came out extremely over anxious with an asinine number of turnovers within the first few minutes of the game. But as things settled down, the C’s had a 10 point lead after 1 quarter of play.
The lead was cut to four at halftime, and neither team really looked to take advantage of the others sloppy play early on…Just as a side note, the flagrant foul that they called Sam Cassell for on Lebron, total BS. I mean a flagrant foul is when you don’t go for the ball at all, this is a flagrant foul
Anyways, it was a hard fought game down to the very end…Luckily Lebron never got going, thanks primarily to Paul Pierce and James Posey’s hard, tough nosed defense as well as Lebron missing some shots that hey, maybe he normally makes…But all part of the game nonetheless…The back breaker came when Doc finally called KG’s number for once in crunch time with a tie game and about 30 seconds to play…He took his man in the post, got into the paint, spun, and just laid it softly off the rim, down and in for a two point Celtic lead…With twenty or so seconds now left, we know who’s getting it…King James, that’s right…Posey (who is an extremely underrated player I might add) once again played great “D” and actually tried to commit a foul before Lebron got to the hoop (we had 1 to give), but the refs did not call it and the replay showed Posey reaching, but actually never really committing a foul. As for the play, Lebron swooped in and actually had a point blank range shot, which he missed!…Definitely thought it was going to be a tie game, but next thing you know it, Posey is nailing two free throws to put us up by four. From there, it was a nice W in game 1.
Overall my thoughts on the game:
- It was a BS flagrant on Cassell. Check out what ESPN wrote about it: “The replay seemed to indicate that James enhanced the damage, and the Boston fans let him know they were on to him”…I must say, I don’t watch many Cavs games, but Lebron flails, flops, and exaggerates more than I thought he did…Maybe Papa John’s shouldn’t have apologized.
- We shutdown Lebron and in turn Lebron shut himself down.
- The team played great defense.
- KG played a helluva game.
- Rumor has it that Paul Pierce and Ray Allen will wake up in time for Game 2 on Thurs. nite.
- Kendrick Perkins played very solid down low vs. the big men of Cleveland. Big “Z” is a tough cover, and he got his, but overall, solid job.
- Rondo was the unsung hero for the first half of the game at the very least. He and KG single handedly had the C’s up in the 1st half. Nice run by Cassell as well in the 2nd half with some clutch shots.
- Game 2 in Beantown Thursday night @ 7pm on TNT
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